re: Baton Rouge and Knoxville - Tops in the SEC

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That's your perception. Now check to see if it's reality.

Compare NYC to BR.

I think you'll learn something new today if you take the time.

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Broadly speaking his point is pretty accurate. Higher population areas do typically have more crime on average than lower population areas. However, you can't really compare separate regions of the country that are more apt to have vastly different laws, different cultures, completely different approaches to laws and law enforcement practices (even including something as simple as how aggressive policing is/how many LEOs are employed by a city and what the expectations are for officers), vastly different standards in education as well resources and programs for youth and young adults, wide gaps in the social services and programs provided to the population at large, and very different support systems for those populations most at-risk of being victimized by violent crime or becoming violent offenders themselves as readily as you can with those within the same regions that more or less share those things in common with one another. And that doesn't even scratch the surface when it comes down to it. Too many factors but the overall generalization is true even it is flawed by being a generalization (which all generalizations are).